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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Focus by buyer type

Brand
The Big Biscuit logoAStrongest tier
The Big Biscuit
Full-Service Restaurants
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Narwhal’s Crafted logoDBelow average
Narwhal’s Crafted
Full-Service Restaurants
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Cheba Hut logoAStrongest tier
Cheba Hut
Full-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$1.1M – $1.7M
$884K – $1.9M
$631K – $2.1M
Liquid capital
$62K – $137K
$50K – $70K
$50K – $100K
Franchise fee
$40K
$35K
$50K
Royalty rate
5.0%
8.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.6MIncl. company outlets
$2.0MCompany-owned only2 outlets
$2.3MNet sales
Median gross sales
N/A
$2.0MCompany-owned only2 outlets
$2.3M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
$292K
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Average Ebitda (Note I)
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
DBelow average
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
66 / 100
36 / 100
93 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
N/A
0.0%
SBA loans on record
N/A
1
23
Scale
Total units
28
3
83
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
716
41
192
Contacts
Franchisee phones
3
2
0

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